Category: EV Crosswords
EV1590 (Solution)
EV 1591 Hints
Enigmatic Variations 1591 (Hints)
Split Personality by Check
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Should we presume that our setter is a keen chess player? A poker aficionado? Or perhaps a fan of Neighbours and Home and Away star Craig McLachlan’s band Check 1-2? That’s perhaps the most likely explanation, but frankly it’s anybody’s guess.
EV1589 (Solution)
EV1588 (Setter’s Blog)
EV 1589 Hints
Enigmatic Variations 1589 (Hints)
RQAKHNNE WZFADE by Piccadilly
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The Playfair cipher was devised in 1854 by Charles Wheatstone (he of the electrical bridge), but is named for Lord Playfair, who promoted its use in military communications. Playfair puzzles are the Marmite of the barred puzzle world, and I think it’s fair to say that neither the Numpties nor I could be numbered among their fans – however, there are others who reckon they are the best thing for sliced bread, and who are we to question their taste?
Although Ximenes once playfully chose CAB as the key phrase in a Playfair puzzle, it is usual for words or phrases of ten or more letters to be chosen. No letter can appear more than once in this phrase, and it cannot contain both of the letters (here I and J) which do duty for each other.
EV1587 (Solution)
EV 1586 (Solution)
EV 1587 Hints
Enigmatic Variations 1587 (Hints)
Cross Debate by Kcit
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Kcit needs no introduction.